Chronic Pain

Chronic Pain, Inflammation and the Role of Glutathione

Acute pain is the body's response to an injury - it is a normal and necessary part of the healing process as it alerts us that something is wrong and encourages us to rest and recover.  However, chronic pain is a debilitating condition that can go on for months or years, and results from cellular inflammation and damage to the delicate nerve endings that transmit pain.

Cellular inflammation results from the accumulation of free radicals inside our cells. Toxins and heavy metals can also accumulate and damage the cells. The body requires antioxidants to clean up these harmful free radicals and toxins, and no antioxidant is more important than Glutathione, our Master Antioxidant. 

 

Unfortunately, our glutathione levels become rapidly depleted as we age, leading to a build up of free radicals and inflammation within our cells. To add to the problem, pain medications and other pharmaceutical drugs have the unfortunate side effect of further depleting our glutathione levels, creating a vicious circle.

Glutathione is a Potent Anti-Inflammatory

In addition to being our most powerful antioxidant, glutathione also has potent anti-inflammatory properties. Glutathione helps to reduce the levels of inflammatory cytokines (such as NFKb, TNF and C Reactive Protein), as explained in this short video by Dr Don Colbert. Curcumin also has powerful anti-inflammatory properties, and has been compared to Celebrex in scientific studies, as Dr Colbert explains in the second video below.

 

An Anti-Inflammatory Diet is Important Too

A number of factors influence inflammation in the body and diet is one of the most important inflammation modulators. An anti-inflammatory diet is useful in helping to control chronic pain, including plenty of vegetables (especially sulphur rich vegetables like broccoli, garlic, asparagus, etc) and healthy oils (extra virgin coconut oil). Processed and sugary foods are best avoided as they create more inflammation.

Many cooking oils are very pro-inflammatory (vegetable oil, canola oil, soybean oil), as are the toxic transfats contained in fast foods (burgers, fries, store bought cakes etc). The ubiquitous transfats are some of the worst disease causing agents in the modern diet. Partially hydrogenated oils or 'transfats' do not occur naturally so the body is unable to process them, which stresses the liver and creates a very inflammatory response.
 

Virgin Coconut Oil on the other hand has potent anti-inflammatory effects and has many other health benefits. Fish oils are high in beneficial Omega 3 fats which also help to reduce inflammation.

Other factors such as reducing stress, getting enough sleep, and moderate exercise can also help to lower inflammation.

Cellgevity™ is an advanced antioxidant and anti-inflammatory nutritional supplement that has been clinically proven to significantly boost glutathione levels in the body. Cellgevity contains RiboCeine™ to fuel glutathione production, along with other natural glutathione enhancing ingredients such as selenium, and natural anti-inflammatory plant compounds such as curcumin (derived from turmeric). 

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Inflammation

We now know that inflammation plays a central role in the chronic illness that remains our number-one killer: coronary artery disease. In fact, elevated markers of silent inflammation, such as homocysteine, CRP, and Lp(a), have been found to be more predictive of heart disease than such traditional risk factors as elevated cholesterol levels (50 percent of those hospitalized for heart disease have normal cholesterol levels).

Although chronic inflammation can cause a variety of disorders, many of us (and unfortunately this includes many physicians) do not know the warning signs of this kind of inflammation or the best ways to treat it. This knowledge is critical because, if a person has one inflammatory condition, the odds that he or she will develop another condition increase dramatically. Researchers have discovered, for example, that a woman with rheumatoid arthritis has a 100 percent increased risk of experiencing a myocardial infarction. And other recent research has demonstrated that higher CRP levels are also associated with age-related macular degeneration, so the same individual can have more than one condition caused by SI. For all these reasons, slowing down this chronic inflammation syndrome is vital to successful age management, so it is crucial that everyone becomes aware of it, understands its causes, and takes measures to stop it.

But Did You Know… Your Body Has A Built-in Mechanism To Fend Off Inflammation: It’s Known As The Super-Hero Of Antioxidants. It’s Name Is: “GLUTATHIONE.” It's the most important molecule you need to stay healthy and prevent disease.

"It's the secret to prevent aging, cancer, heart disease, dementia and more, and necessary to treat everything from autism to Alzheimer's disease." -Dr. Mark Hyman

The leading cause of cellular inflammation is oxidation or the “rusting” of your body’s cells. Hence our need for “anti-oxidants.” But due to the bombardment of toxins in our now highly toxic world on the body’s cells, lifestyle, poor diet, age and stress factors this essential Master antioxidant known as Glutathione diminishes. This circumstance subsequently reveals a complexity and broad spectrum of symptoms. Glutathione also naturally detoxifies from carcinogens and foreign substances. It improves your immune system, and plays a role in DNA repair, protein synthesis and amino acid transportation. Glutathione is also essential to the nervous system, the gastrointestinal system and the lungs.

All inflammation begins at the cellular level, and inflammation is associated with deficient glutathione levels. Glutathione is a powerful natural anti-inflammatory that acts to decrease inflammation and boost the immune system. In scientific studies, supplementation with Cellgevity has been shown to reduce inflammatory markers such as Nuclear Factor Kappa Beta, Tumour Necrosis Factor alpha (TNFa) and C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and to raise the Liver Glutathione by 300%. A product of 40 years of study by one of the leading medicinal chemists and inventors today, it is touted as one of the most powerful supplements that effectively raises glutathione levels to the highest degree.



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